Clothes-rack.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

'15. M. PALMER. CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED P3113, 1906.

attozneqd Witness UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARL M. PALMER, OF PLYMOUTH, OHIO.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

' Application filed February 13, 1906. Serial No. 300,867-

. may be folded against the frame when not in use, so as to occupy little space. folded or let down, the bars are supported at a distance from the frame, so that the clothes may be conveniently hung thereon.

The object of theinvention is to produce an improved device of the kind having large capacity in small space and capable of being supported upon the wall, so as to not occupy any floor-space.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack with the bars let down. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the bars and its supporting-arms. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective, showing how the bars are folded u Referring speclfically to the drawings, 6 indicates a plurality of uprights spaced apart and connected at-upper and lower ends by cross-pieces 7. Three of the uprights are shown. More or less may be used, if desired,

according to the size of the rack wanted. The

bar 7 is provided with holes 8, whereby it may be hung on nails on the wall. The upright pieces ,6 have outwardlyprojecting longitudinal flanges 9.

The bars to receive the clothes are indicated at 10 and have at the ends and also at the middle arms 11, the inner ends of which are bent at an angle, as at 12, to project into holes in the ribs or flanges 9. The clotheshanging bars 10 and their arms 11 are preferably made of wire rods bent to proper shape, and the arms 11 of the respective bars are of When undifferent lengths, decreasing from the top bar "'tothe bottom, so that free space is allowed below each bar for the clothes hung thereon.

When the bars are let down, the arms stop against lugs 13, projecting from the flanges 9, and when the bars are folded or turned up the arms spring over knabs 14, formed on said flanges above the holes in which the ends 12 are pivoted. By these devices the arms are individually supported in either extended or folded position, and as many bars may be swung out as are necessary to support the clothes.

The parts of the device may be cheaply constructed and very readily put together, so

that they can be shipped and sold separately" and put together when desired. The wire stock of which the bars 10 are made is of sufficient flexibility to allow the ends thereof to be sprung into place on the uprights after the frame is set up. ,The uprights are preferably made of metal and the cross-pieces at top and bottom of wood. When hung upon the wall, it will support a large-amount of clothes in proportion to the space occupied, and when folded up it is out of the way, leaving the floor free at all times.

I claim A clothes-rack comprising a set of uprights connected together and having forwardlyprojecting longitudinal flanges provided with holes lugs below said holes and knobs above said holes, and a series of bars arranged one above the other and having spring-arms which are pivoted in said holes and which stop upon the lugs when the bars are lowered and spring behind the knobs when they are folded up.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EARL M. PALMER.

Witnesses:

S. L. ABBOTT, O. W. KAYLER. 

